.... Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler changed history forever. He was appointed as Chancellor in 1933 and was the leader of the Nazi Party from 1934- 1945. The Nazi party was elected the largest political party in Germany. Hitler’s policies led to World War II and the Holocaust. As a child, Hitler lived with his father, mother, and five siblings. His father did not approve of his career choice in the arts and he was also emotionally abusive to Hitler. After his father’s death he was allowed to drop out of school. He moved to Vienna and began to paint. struggled to make enough money to live and was even homeless at times. Hitler had personal and business relationships with Jewish people. It wasn’t until after World War I that he began to demonstrate prejudices...
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...World War II: Hitler’s Jewish Genocide It is regarded as the most widespread and deadliest conflict in human history, killing more than 50 million people. World War II was the largest armed conflict in history, spanning the entire world, and involving more countries than any other war. The war has been generally believed to start on September 1, 1939 and lasting until September 2, 1945. Historians are still arguing about the exact cause of World War II, however the common belief of fault resides on the implementation of Adolf Hitler. Hitler was possessed by a passionate set of ideals to expand Germany, and with his election as German chancellor in January 1933, marked the start of an accelerating progression towards world war. Under the dominion of Hitlers ambitions, Germany invaded western Poland as a result of the intransigence between both countries. World War II ravaged civilians more severely than any previous conflict, and served as the justification for genocidal killings by Nazi Germany, under the order of Hitler. To fully understand how Hitler attained the support of a nation to agree with his ideology, one must know the conditions before the wake of World War II, and how Hitler instilled influential ideas of national pride. In this essay, I intend on showing why it is important to understand a certain aspect of World War II. I will first focus on establishing the importance of knowing what events led Germany into the circumstances it was in prior to...
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...Adolf Hitler; a name of pure evil, known to be one of the world’s most feared villains of all time. A name that shows how powerful, dark, and despicable one human can be. Leaving one of the biggest marks in history, Hitler cloned an entire country and killed over six million men, women, and children in his attempt to make a “perfect world.” He deemed the Jewish people as “inferior” and did everything in his power to destroy them. But what could possibly lead a man to do such heinous crimes? What could drive a man to kill millions? What were the motivations behind Adolf Hitler? On September 12th, an all-American force stormed and captured German trenches close to Verdun. The Allies were in position to strike at the Hindenburg Line. On September 26th, armies attacked. Fighting with heavy artillery and new, modern tanks, the Allied army tore open the heart of the Hindenburg Line. British troops advanced, overwhelming the Germans as they retreated, fighting their pursuers every step of the way. After four long years of war, Germany’s proud military commanders finally accepted that the war was lost. With rebellious soldiers and civilians marching through the streets, demanding a new government, even the Kaiser agreed that it was time to negotiate for peace with the Allies without the disgrace of having to surrender. In October, he sent officials to propose a cease-fire, or armistice. But, even with his empire crumbling around him, the Kaiser still thought Germany could end...
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...or maybe, it was a lack of knowledge. In events like the holocaust, post 9/11, and McCarthyism & the red scare, similar theories can explain the causes.This presents, that the reasons for the Salem witch trials are those same reasons for “witch hunts” throughout history. The belief in evil had a major role in the Salem, Massachusetts witch trials. After just one person in the village became ill and the doctor who evaluated that person said that it was not a sickness,...
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...The Holocaust: Suggested Reading There is a wealth of information about the Holocaust. So much has been written, in fact, that it can be difficult to determine where to start. This reading list is collected from recommendations from other members of The Holocaust History Project. It is not a complete bibliography but represents our opinion as to what are the most useful starting places for research. Since this list concentrates on works that are easily available and useful to a person unacquainted with the history of the Holocaust, many excellent books which are rare or out of print are not listed. Another class of books that are not included is works that are controversial because of their contents or the unusual theories they propose. Some of these are excellent works, others are not. But we feel that the reader for whom this list was compiled would not have the knowledge needed to evaluate these discussions of the legitimate controversies about the Holocaust. Just as a medical student must learn anatomy before he or she is taught surgery, someone studying the Holocaust must know the factual background before some of the more technical studies can be understood. As well as general works we have included books of specialized interest concerning the matters about which we at The Holocaust History Project are most frequently asked. Many of these books deal with more than one subject, but in the interest of brevity we have not cited a book more than once. General history of the...
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...At the end of World War One Germany signed the Treaty of Versailles which stated: “Germany was to admit war guilt and pay unprecedented reparations of 132 billion gold marks (Weiss, 1996, p. 218).” Along with Germany having to admit war guilt and pay reparations to other countries, Germany had to allow trading rights to the allies, their army was reduced to 100,000 men, the air force was abolished, the navy was reduced, their merchant fleet was confiscated, colonies and overseas investments were seized, and they were refused into the league of nations. The Treaty of Versailles left Germany suffering and in economic hardship. In 1934 Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany and offered the individuals of Germany hope for the future. Adolf Hitler...
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...Adam Freeman Mr. Gotsell U.S History II 4/10/15 Hitler's Rise to Power At the end of World War I, Germany was in shambles, there were many young men dead, many seriously injured, and a lot of damage to cities, factories, homes, and transportation. In the face of this devastation, the German public fell under the influence of Adolf Hitler, who was very intelligent and knew that he could teach the german people however he wanted since they were in need of great help. Adolf was born in 1889 on April 20th, as a child he gathered his anti semitic ideas in Vienna. As people would join in and discriminate against other religions, like the Jews. At a young age both of his parents ended up dying and leaving him parentless the rest of his life....
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...The Holocaust The rise of the Nazi Party began in 1930 when Adolf Hitler’s National Social party gained 107 seats in the New German Reichstag (Rogasky 20). Over a period of a few years the Nazi Party received enough votes so the government had to take it seriously and offer it power. Many believed Hitler and the Nazi Party was like any other political party, so on January 30, 1933 Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany (Nelson, English.illinois.edu). Shortly after Hitler assumed the role as chancellor, the wheels began churning to begin a terrible tragedy. This tragedy, known as “The Holocaust”, targeted a variety of people. The Nazis persecuted anyone who dared to oppose them as well as the disabled, African Americans, Gypsies, homosexuals and Jehovah’s Witnesses; they reserved their strong hatred for the Jews. Many people cannot grasp how such a tragic phenomenon, like “The Holocaust”, could occur. In order for one to truly understand the Holocaust, one must understand how Hitler rose to power and killed so many people in such little time. Within a year and a half, Hitler and the Nazis Party had taken absolute power of Germany. It became possible to arrest opponents of the regime and lock them up with no charge filed, no warrant and no real evidence. The first concentration camp Dachau was opened in March 1933 to hold all the prisoners (Wood 42). In August 1933 Hitler declared himself both president and chancellor of the Third Reich and commander-in-chief of the military...
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...Adolf Hitler’s Rule of the 3rd Reich In October 1929 the stock market in America crashed, approximately one out of every four Americans was unemployed. The Great depression had begun which put Germany under great misery and they needed a solution, that’s when Adolf Hitler came (The Depression). He became leader of the third Reich. He was a cruel dictator in the 1930’s, who was determined to do anything to restore the honor to his country, Germany (American). When Hitler was younger he was influenced by his teachers and he was surrounded by the political confrontation in the Austrian empire, which is what made Hitler have such strong leadership. There was a lot of prejudice against different ethnic groups which is why Hitler is so prejudice. Hitler was temporarily blinded in a gas attack and later that day he found out the news that Germany had lost the war. He was so humiliated and was determined to play a role in restoring Germany to a position of power and respect on the world stage. He vowed to keep fighting for national glory. His solution for restoring Germany’s power was to have a national dictatorship. He believed that his traitors were the Jews, socialist, liberals, pacifists, and all Germans who believed in Democracy. Hitler soon joined the Nazi party and became leader of it. He made the Nazis into a military-like organization and ruled them like a dictator (American). “On February 27 a fire destroyed part of a building and although it was started by a man who was...
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...new parliamentary government known as the Weimar Republic was formed. The German people suffered from economic instability, massive inflation and a very high unemployment rate which had worsened during the depression following the New York stock market crash in 1929. The Nazi party had made its mark and taken advantage of the political unrest in Germany, gaining an electoral foothold. The Holocaust, also know as the Shoah, was the heinous and despicable genocide of approximately six million Jews during World War II led by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party between 1939 and 1945 throughout German occupied territory. Although there are a number of parallels between Mussolini and Adolf Hitler, their personal political views became known to the public at very different times; Hitler published his views well before he came in to power, where Mussolini waited until he was the dictator of France. Following World War I, Hitler struggled with his disbelief in Germany’s defeat and was consumed with extreme, revolutionary views regarding German nationalism. In 1919, around the age of 30, Adolf Hitler became a member of the National Socialist German Workers (Nazi) Party which back then was a small, somewhat insignificant, fanatic organization. Hitler was nothing less than a genius when it came to his oratorical skills and, as a result, he quickly assumed an...
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...Mike Jones History 122 Holocaust Paper To what extent was the holocaust a European Event? There is much evidence leading scholars to ascertain that the Holocaust was indeed a European Event and not just the misdeeds of a lost leader. It is hard to point a finger at any one individual, let alone a single country, and be content in saying that all the blame for the events that occurred during the Holocaust rests with a single vessel. In “Hitler’s European Holocaust Helpers” we immediately realize that there was much collusion amongst neighboring nations in promoting the agenda set forth by the Nazi Party. A myriad of nations had blood on their hands at the end of the war. How much blame can be attributed to the aiding parties is up for speculation. Many people might assume that the events that took place across Europe, to the Jewish people, can be solely attributed to German soldiers, Nazi’s, and secret police. If that were indeed true Nazi Germany would have been the utopian model for political organization and discipline. But this was not the case and many of the Jews who were persecuted were thrown at the feet of Germany by their own nation. Many nations such as Ukraine, France, Italy, Croatia, Serbia, Lithuania, Poland, Denmark and Netherlands, all played integral roles in greasing the wheels of the Genocide Machine that the Nazi regime was whole heartedly pushing forth. The readings we examined show clear evidence that each nation played their part to the tee...
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...Neurath was the minister of foreign affairs. (New World Encyclopedia Contributors) He was sentenced to fifteen years in prison for all counts, but was released in 1954 due to failing health. (New World Encyclopedia Contributors) Franz von Papen was the Chancellor of Germany and the Vice-Chancellor under Adolf Hitler. (New World Encyclopedia Contributors) During the actual trials at Nuremberg, he was acquitted. (New World Encyclopedia Contributors) He was later retried and sentenced to eight years of hard labor. (New World Encyclopedia Contributors)...
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...cruelty toward Jews.” What is strange about this answer, is the fact that the majority of people do not realize what actually occurred in Europe during this time. To most people, the Holocaust was an “event” where many Jews were killed by Nazis. In fact, the Holocaust was a tragic point in history which many believe never occurred, or do not realize the suffering behind the widespread destruction. The pain and conditions exper- ienced by the victims is unimaginable by any standards. In the early 1930’s, the United States was reveling in turmoil. Eastern Europe was on the verge of power, and in a small western European country called Germany, trouble was brewing. In 1933, Europeans had no worries beyond their daily struggle to earn money, put food on their family's table, and clothes on their children's backs. This would all change in a matter of months. Whatever type of life a person had built or molded for themselves, it was all to come to a crashing halt if they did not conform to Hitler’s specifications. On January 30, 1933 Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany. In March 1933, with the building of the Dachau concentration camp, “Adolf Hitler's rising became one of the swiftest, most destructive leaderships in recorded human existence” (Bauer 12). After his inception as ruler of Germany, Adolf Hitler had one thing on his mind, a pure Aryan race with complete world domination. Jews were subjected to humiliation through the Anti-Jewish Laws. The seven most established laws...
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...Adolf Hitler (German: [ˈadɔlf ˈhɪtlɐ]; 20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was the leader of the Nazi Party (NSDAP), Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and Führer ("leader") of Nazi Germany from 1934 to 1945. He was effectively dictator of Nazi Germany, and was a central figure of World War II in Europe and the Holocaust. Hitler was a decorated veteran of World War I. He joined the precursor of the NSDAP, the German Workers' Party, in 1919 and became leader of the NSDAP in 1921. In 1923, he attempted a coup in Munich to seize power. The failed coup resulted in Hitler's imprisonment, during which time he dictated his autobiography and political manifesto Mein Kampf ("My Struggle"). After his release in 1924, Hitler gained popular support by attacking the Treaty of Versailles and promoting Pan-Germanism, anti-Semitism, and anti-communism with charismatic oratory and Nazi propaganda. Hitler frequently denounced international capitalism and communism as being part of a Jewish conspiracy. Hitler's Nazi Party became the largest elected party in the German Reichstag, leading to his appointment as chancellor in 1933. Following fresh elections won by his coalition, the Reichstag passed the Enabling Act, which began the process of transforming the Weimar Republic into Nazi Germany, a one-party dictatorship based on the totalitarian and autocratic ideology of National Socialism. Hitler aimed to eliminate Jews from Germany and establish a...
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...which therefore added more tension when it was believed that Jews killed Jesus (Botwinick, 2014, p. 5). The Holocaust also known as the “Catastrophe, the Sho’ah, is one of the tragic periods of “Jewish Diaspora” (Keter Books, 1974, p. 1) It started between 1933 and 1945 in Europe. It first started with discrimination...
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